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History of Western Maryland. Being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men. In Two Volumes, Illustrated.

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Singerman ID#supp2188

Scharf, John Thomas. History of Western Maryland. Being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men. In Two Volumes, Illustrated. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1882. 2 vols.

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For Thomas Kennedy and his support for the Maryland "Jew Bill," see vol. 1, pp. 177-82 (includes selections of Kennedy’s poetry), vol. 2, pp. 1225-26; for John Van Lear McMahon, also an advocate of the "Jew Bill," see vol. 2, p. 1398. A general discussion of the "Jew Bill" and its eventual passage is found in vol. 1, pp. 343-44.